Teens and Young Adults

A time of rapid growth, exploration, and change.

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Your trusted guide through the teen and young adult years. Some days it’s pride watching them navigate the world on their own, other days it’s a slammed door, a one-word text back, or a 2 AM worry about who they’re with. Both are normal. From opening up tough conversations to supporting their growing independence, our experts help you stay close even when they’re pulling away, one conversation at a time.

Explore our resources to navigate identity, relationships, and mental health with your teen, support them through major transitions like driving, dating, and leaving home, and stay connected as they build the independence they need to thrive. We’re here for the tough conversations and the everyday ones, every step of the way.

Teens and Young Adults quick video library

Short, specific videos on the questions parents of teens ask most. Log in to watch the full library.

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Watch bite-sized videos on the exact things you’re wondering about: independence, safety, sleep, romantic relationships, and staying connected as your teen grows up.

TEENS & YOUNG ADULTS · 15 VIDEOS
Getting Your Teen to Listen
Talking to Teens
Planning for Independence
Talking to Teens about Sex and Sexuality
Teens and Depression
Stress the Brain, and Emotional Well-Being for Your Teen
Everyday Conversations to Nurture Character
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Recorded Workshops

Expert-led recorded workshops and handouts

Communicate with Your Teen: Avoid The Emotional Rollercoaster with Connection

Learn effective strategies for connecting with teens during the emotional ups and downs of adolescence. Discover how to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and support your teen’s emotional safety and confidence—while helping them develop problem-solving skills for real-life challenges.

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How to Prepare You and Your Child for Major Transitions, New Roles and Responsibilities

Parenting an emerging adult brings pride, change, and uncertainty. This class supports parents as roles shift, offering guidance on staying emotionally connected while encouraging independence, self-care, and responsibility. Learn how to support your growing child—and yourself—during this important transition.

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Bullying: Relationships Matter

Learn effective ways of helping kids deal with bullying—both in person and online. Discover how to prepare children in advance, recognize warning signs, and build confidence, resilience, and communication skills so they know how to respond and seek support when bullying occurs.

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Positive Relationships with Your Adult Children

Many young adults live with their parents longer than ever. This class helps parents navigate parenting young adults at home—adjusting expectations, setting healthy boundaries, and staying emotionally connected while supporting independence during this evolving stage of family life.

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Teens in Love: Help Your Child Navigate Healthy Romantic Relationships

Learn effective approaches for talking to teens about relationships, dating, and sexual development. Discover how to support healthy exploration and independence while keeping your teen safe, emotionally supported, and connected during this important stage of adolescent growth.

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Teen Vaping, Nicotine and Cannabis Use: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Child

Learn the real teen vaping risks and how cannabis use can affect your child’s health, learning, and well-being. Discover facts, myths, and practical strategies to have informed, effective conversations that help prevent substance use and keep teens safe during this critical stage of development.

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How to Reconnect with Your Teen Who’s Struggling with Disordered Eating and Body Dissatisfaction

Learn the signs of eating disorders in teens and how early intervention can save lives. Discover warning behaviors, understand risk factors, and gain proven strategies to support, reconnect with, and help your teen access the care they need before symptoms escalate.

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Talking to Kids About Sex: A Parent’s Guide to Confidence and Connection

Wondering how to talk to your child about sex? Learn practical, age-appropriate strategies to discuss consent, identity, healthy relationships, and safety with confidence. This evidence-based parenting workshop helps you build trust, strengthen communication, and support your child’s healthy development.

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Additional Resources

Discussions, Handouts, Tips and Blogs with proven parenting tips and strategies

Discussion

Substance Use

Teen Mental Health and Substance Use

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Handouts

Fridge Facts - Key Points

Read, print, or share our fridge facts to keep you on track. A sample of our key takeaways that are included with every recording.

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Quick Tip - 60 Seconds

Manage a Stress Response State

Your kid takes their cues from you. When you pause and get yourself calm first, you’re actually helping them calm down too. It’s like giving them a little dose of your steadiness—and they really need that when things feel out of control.

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Podcast

Relating To Your Teen

The importance of unconditionally loving our children while establishing boundaries to keep them safe.

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Podcast

Let's Talk About Sex

Sex and Sexuality

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Podcast

Keeping Teens Safe While Encouraging Independence

This conversation is for every parent feeling anxious about prom night, graduation parties, and the growing independence of their teen. Peace At Home Parenting experts Ruth Freeman, LCSW and Marc Lehman, LMFT offer practical strategies to help you stay connected with your teen—even when they’re pushing boundaries.

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Podcast

Navigating Achievement Culture Teen Sports

Podcast host Amy Alamar is joined by Dr. Chris Ranjillion, a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine and sports medicine as they explores the concept of achievement culture in youth sports.

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Blog

Why Your Teen Needs You More Than Ever (Even When They Push Away)

Every parent hears the same advice the moment their child turns twelve or thirteen: step back, push them out of the nest, and force them to stand on their own two feet. We are taught that when a teenager rolls their eyes or slams a door, it means they are ready to navigate life without us. Child development science shows the exact opposite. Independence is never something you can force, demand, or train into a child. Real self-reliance grows naturally out of feeling deeply supported and secure.

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